Biology:Wakatobi white-eye

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Short description: Species of bird

Wakatobi white-eye
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Zosterops
Species:
Z. flavissimus
Binomial name
Zosterops flavissimus
Hartert, 1903
Synonyms
  • Zosterops chloris flavissimus, Hartert, 1903

The Wakatobi white-eye (Zosterops flavissimus) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it is known only from the Wakatobi Islands off SE Sulawesi. It can be distinguished from most other Indonesian white-eyes by its bright yellow belly. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the lemon-bellied white-eye (Z. chloris), but it was long known to be reproductively isolated from the rest of the species, and a 2019 genetic study found it to be a distinct species.[1][2]

References

  1. Marples, Nicola M.; Analuddin, Kangkuso; Karya, Adi; Marcaigh, Fionn Ó; O’Brien, Katie; Lawless, Naomi; Kelly, David J.; O’Connell, Darren P. (2019). "A sympatric pair of undescribed white-eye species (Aves: Zosteropidae: Zosterops) with different origins" (in en). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186 (3): 701–724. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz022. 
  2. "Two New Species of White-Eyes Discovered in Indonesia | Biology | Sci-News.com" (in en-US). http://www.sci-news.com/biology/wakatobi-wangi-wangi-white-eyes-07125.html. 

Wikidata ☰ Q65068745 entry